MotoGP technical director Danny Aldridge has explained why he originally passed Ducati's controversial swingarm-mounted winglet. Aprilia, Honda, Suzuki and KTM launched a protest against Ducati and its use of its swingarm-mounted winglet in the Qatar Grand Prix, with which Andrea Dovizioso won the season-opening race.  Aldridge rejected the initial protest, before the case was taken to the Court of Appeals – which eventually ruled in favour of Ducati, backing up Aldridge's original assessment based on Ducati's presented data that the device was for rear tyre cooling, and was therefore not an illegal aerodynamic device.  He has come in for...
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